Re: Rusty Movado

In message <433c8796$0$22591$afc38c87@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, dAz <dazb@zipDOTcomDOTau.?.invalid> writes
Jack Denver wrote:
BTW, the estimate they gave you was outrageous. As we have seen, this watch has a $7 movement. 

OK, obviously this is true, and not just of watches.

So for the ordinary chap, like myself, what do we do in the following case? My new Seiko 7S26 100m Divers watch, say, needs some kind of major repair after the guarantee runs out (not likely with Japanese goods, I know, but that's not the point).

It's probably a $20 dollar movement: the watch costs $150 new. If I send it any Seiko dealer, they are going to charge more than the movement is worth for repair, or they will charge more than the movement is worth to replace the movement.

A non-Seiko dealer probably won't be able to buy the movement from Seiko.

So what does one do not to get ripped off. (Don't buy a brand name? But most watches have brand names. Only the small far-Eastern makes, like Sandoz, with a generic movement, avoid the restrictive practices of all the other brand names.)

Tony


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